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    • Stade | Hanseatic City, River Elbe, North Sea | Britannica
      • Stade, city, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies along the Schwinge River, 3 miles (5 km) from its junction with the Elbe River, below Hamburg. The traditional seat of district administration and once the leading port of the lower Elbe, it was chartered in the 12th century and was a member of the Hanseatic League.
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  2. Stade is a district ( Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . History. The district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts. Geography. Location.

  3. The Stade Region (brown), consisting of 14 counties within the Prussian Province of Hanover (beige), in 1905. After the Prussian annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1866, the kingdom was transformed into the Prussian Province of Hanover .

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  4. Stade, city, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies along the Schwinge River, 3 miles (5 km) from its junction with the Elbe River, below Hamburg. The traditional seat of district administration and once the leading port of the lower Elbe, it was chartered in the 12th century and was a member of the Hanseatic League.

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  5. Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the seat of the district which is named the same as the city. The city was founded in 994 when it was called "Stethu". A city on the banks of the Lower Elbe it became an important market town, and a port. It was given a town charter in 1209.

  6. Jul 15, 2015 · Stade has been a Hanseatic town ever since the commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds came to be in the 14th century. Not only that – it was one of the most important trading centres of the North for several centuries, which partly explains why the town boasts so many opulent properties. Quiet side streets. Magnificent facades.

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